"According to the study, of the Black women that were diagnosed with having uterine fibroids, a disproportionate amount of those women have used relaxers, a fact that raises the hypothesis that relaxer use may be correlated with increased risk of fibroid development."


I hope this is not true, the hypothesis needs to be tested to check if there is a causal link. I'm more worried about children as they may be exposed for much longer as they are starting younger and younger,

http://www.curlynikki.com/2012/02/hair-relaxers-and-fibroids.html

Jem1:

"According to the study, of the Black women that were diagnosed with having uterine fibroids, a disproportionate amount of those women have used relaxers, a fact that raises the hypothesis that relaxer use may be correlated with increased risk of fibroid development."

this makes absolutely no sense. almost ALL black women have used relaxers. at least 90%
so all black women should be dying of fibroids by now.